Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said the process of issuing the final notification for reservation of seats for Scheduled Tribes (STs) in the state assembly will be completed within a month. The Union government on Thursday notified the Act that grants political reservation for the ST community in the 40-member Goa House….
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday hit back at Union Minister Kiren Rijiju over his remarks challenging the Congress on the Women’s Reservation Bill, asserting that his party will give more strength to women and declaring that there is no need for Rijiju to worry about the state of the Congress party. Addressing…
Ranchi: The Jharkhand government on Saturday held talks with various outfits amid the massive agitation over the alleged paper leaks in recruitment exams, but failed to break the deadlock as the protesting aspirants decided that their stir would continue until all their demands are met. A five-member panel of the government, which included state ministers,…
Jammu: The Amarnath Yatra was suspended from Jammu on Saturday amid inclement weather, a forecast of heavy rain over the next few days and a decline in pilgrim arrivals, officials said. No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to leave the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Kashmir Valley this morning, they said. Officials said…
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Cabinet on Friday approved a proposal to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uttar Pradesh government for extending the Ganga Expressway from Meerut to Haridwar. Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, Director General of Information and Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister Banshidhar…
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam remained grim on Friday, with the death toll rising by one to 98, even as the number of affected districts declined to 13, and the number of people impacted by the deluge came down to 1.55 lakh, according to an official bulletin. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA)…
New Delhi: Delhi recorded its wettest first week of August since 2011, receiving 127 mm of rainfall during the first seven days of the month as relentless rain lashed the national capital through Friday. Several weather stations recorded more than 100 mm of rainfall over the day. The city on Friday received its highest rainfall…
Amaravati: YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of withdrawing the “Disha Bill”, a women’s protection initiative from the erstwhile YSRCP government, out of “political jealousy.” On August 6, the Andhra Pradesh cabinet had withdrawn the “Disha Bill.” “The Chandrababu government’s decision to withdraw the Disha…
Kolkata: Metro services on Kolkata’s Blue Line were disrupted for around an hour on Friday evening following a suicide bid at the Rabindra Sarobar station, officials said. The incident took place at 7.57 pm, following which Metro Railway operated truncated services between Maidan and Dakshineswar stations in both directions. As a result, train services on…
Panaji: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that the BJP-led Centre implemented the E20 fuel blending programme under pressure from US President Donald Trump to facilitate massive American ethanol imports. Speaking to reporters, the former Delhi chief minister alleged that the government forcibly imposed the E20 policy without upgrading infrastructure or…
